Immunogenicity and efficacy of vaccine boosters against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariant BA.5 in male Syrian hamsters
Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariant BA.5 rapidly spread worldwide and replaced BA.1/BA.2 in many countries, becoming globally dominant. BA.5 has unique amino acid substitutions in the spike protein that both mediate immune escape from neutralizing antibodies produced by immunizations and incr...
Main Authors: | Rafael R. G. Machado, Jordyn L. Walker, Dionna Scharton, Grace H. Rafael, Brooke M. Mitchell, Rachel A. Reyna, William M. de Souza, Jianying Liu, David H. Walker, Jessica A. Plante, Kenneth S. Plante, Scott C. Weaver |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-07-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40033-2 |
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